Queen Anne Square [pays] tribute to three women whose vision has left an enduring mark on Newport: Queen Anne, who ruled England from 1702 to 1714 and supported the Anglican Church in general and Newport’s Trinity Church in particular; Doris Duke, who created the foundation credited with preserving Newport’s Colonial architecture; and Maya Lin, one of the world’s foremost landscape architects, perhaps best known for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. View File

and namesake of Rhode Island's own tall ship is being celebrated on the 100th Anniversary of his famous victory at the battle of Lake Erie. Read more about sail training, the educational experience students can receive aboard this majestic tall ship. Maiden voyage scheduled in the summer of 2014!

The new Loeb Visitors Center at Touro Synagogue puts faces to hundreds of Newport's colonial ancestors who helped sew the fabric of America. There is much to discover in this new state-of-the-art exhibit and welcome center. View File

Auctioned off just before the mansion was slated for demolition, all of the Venetian paintings that were originally installed in The Elms have now been reunited thanks to the perseverance of the Preservation Society of Newport County. View File

“Seeing Through Drawing” classes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are just one of the ways Museum guests can enjoy the art despite physical barriers. Participants — all blind or partly sighted — created works inspired by objects in the museum’s collection that were described to them by sighted instructors and that they were also allowed to touch.
Read more to learn about other museums that have such programs in place. View File